dakwul-dakwul

/ˈdaɡwul-daɡwul/

gloss “brown scrub bird”

Fauna · bird

brown and white scrub bird. The male has brown on the top of his head, a white strip past the eye. Tey clear an area, then many form a circle with on in the middle and the middle one will sing and dance.

brown scrub birdwhite scrub bird

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Kuku-Yalanji Dictionary (1982)

The headword and meaning trace to the Kuku-Yalanji dictionary compiled by Henry and Ruth Hershberger with major Kuku Yalanji contributors.

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Major contributors include Toby Bloomfield, Roy Friday, Billy Roberts, Hector and Doris Sykes, Joe Walker, and people who lived at Jajikal in Ayton.

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Reduplicated form; brown-and-white scrub bird, with prose describing a communal circle display/dance.

brown and white scrub bird